Youth umpire sentenced for child porn charge

WORCESTER - A former Little League umpire from Massachusetts has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.

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WORCESTER - A former Little League umpire from Massachusetts has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.

John Coran of Oxford was sentenced Monday to 46 months behind bars to be followed by five years of probation. He was also ordered to undergo sex offender counseling.

Federal prosecutors say the 51-year-old Coran had served as an umpire for the Little League district that covers south-central Massachusetts since 1980, officiating at between 60 and 100 games per year.

He pleaded guilty in June to buying several DVDs with sexually explicit images of children. He was caught in an international investigation into child pornography that stemmed from Belarus.

The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester reports that Coran apologized in court.